Sewing kit.



G. WALTERS. SEWING KIT. APPLIOATIOI rum) 11:23.23, 1912.

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lldlllm'l Pciildation of Letters Patent.

Application flied February 23, 19th. Serial No. $79,422. lilo all whomit may concern:

We it known that I, Gnomes WALTERS, a citizen of the United States andresident of Dixfield, in the State of Maine, have "invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sewing Kits, of which the following is a secification accompanied by'drawings.

lie-invention relates to sewing kits for mending gloves, hosic andother, articles, obycct is to com ine in very compact form a number ofuseful articles, preferably includin e thread, darnin thread, thins ble,nee les, a darning beef and a finger torrn. I

in the preferred form of my invention, it combines means :tor holding athimble and means in cooperation with the thimble tor holding a numberof spools and needles, respectively, in two receptacles Within the headand handle of the device.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the preferred form of theinvention, partly in central cross section, Fig. 2 is the upper portionor darning head thereof, Fig. 3 is a view of the lower member, and Fig.i is a detailed sectional view of a modifica tion,

in the preferred form, the outer or con tainer elements comprise tWomembers, each aving a receptacle, and a thimble forms a closure for oneof the receptacles and the member containing such receptacle forms acover or closure for the other receptacle.

Una member 5 is made of rounded, bulbilorm, suitable for a darning heador ball, and internally has a large cylindrical recess 0 fitted toappropriate spools with a smaller extension cl of such recess forreceiving the end of a smaller spool. The

other out/er member comprises a handle f, of

form suitable for fitting Within the finger of a glove or the like, tobe mended, and a spring dange 9 attached to lit and be snugly andresiliently retained Within the recess 0 of the head, a recess h Withinsuch flange for fitting and holding a thimble, and a long axial recesswhich constitutes a receptaclej for needles. The peripheral flange 7cabuts externally against the end of the head 6. Saw cuts or slots 9divide the flange g into-a plurality of spring) members. These saw cutsor slots prefera ly extend all the Way down to the flange la, Whereasthe bottom against which the thimble Z rests is somewhat above the flane la in order that the spring flange which tig tly fits the thimitsholding the thimble in place. Preferably, therefore, the spring flangeserves both to hold the handle to the head and to hold the thimble inthehandle. If the outer parts are made of wood or similar yieldingmaterial, the flange may be made sulliciently resilient without slottingit, but this requires an inconvenient accuracy of construction and lit.'lhe upper end of the flange g is .loevclcd internally and externally tofacilitote insertin the thimble and inserting the flange into t e head.

The thirnble Z, When fitted into place, forms a cover for the needlereceptacle 9' and prevents the needles m being displaced.

Within the head are one or more spools ,7) of relatively large diameter,for example, two, Which are relatively proportioned to externally fitapproximately the recess a in diameter, and longitudinally to be held.and approximately fit between the end of the recess and the flange g.Internally the spoolsp have a large axial recess and one or more,preferably three or more, spools r of smaller diameter, the smallerspools being received at one end in the extension 0? of the recess 0,and at the other end fitting around the raised or slightly pointed endof the thirnble l Which projects and is received Within the bore of thelarger spool, as shown in Fig. l. The larger spools may convenientlycarry darning silt: or cotton and the smaller spool tine thread suitablefor mendingclothes and fine hosiery.

in the modification shown in 4:, the thimble Z is reversed and extendsdown into a recess in the handle 7, its edge being held, however, asbefore, by the spring flange g. It Will be seen that in this positionone or tWo more of the smaller spools '1' may be carried, being partlyreceived Within the thimble. In this modification, the length of thehandle available for the needle recess is lessened b nearly twice thelength of the thimble, an if it is desired to include a bodkin or verylong needles, these may be placed Within the bore of the smaller spoolsand extend down into the thimble.

It will be seen from Fig. 1 that l have so combined the shapes andlocations of the various articles and members as to combine a great manyuseful articles in approximately the minlmum possible space, and soadapted the parts to each other that they are all substantially retainedin an orderly and convenient manner, ready for instant 1. In combinationin a sewin chamber adapted to having a It will be seen that for somepursome features of the invention may kit, a new old spools,

and a handle having a chamber adapted to hold needles and opening intothe spool chamber when the handle is in place,

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handle having a resilient flange which fits the said head and isinternally adapted to engage and resiliently hold a thimble in positionto separate the contents of the two chambers.

2 A sewing kit comprising a bulbous head forming one receptacle,

and a handle formin a second receptacle, the mouths of the saireceptacles being opposed and open into each other, and a separatingmeans dividing the receptacles comprising a thimble, the said handlehaving a spring flange comrising a plurality of sprin members whichrictionally clas and holf said separating means, said han le alsoengaging and fitting the receptacle in the bulbous head.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses: this 21st day of February, 1912.

GEORGE WALTERS. Witnesses:

HAaoLD BINNEY, AUGUSTA PSGHIERER.

